There's a channel on youtube that makes videos for each class, I can't quite recall the name of it. If you hang on until the next move for Archivist is released, they should have a video on them come up, where you can see the other animations. I don't think it'll be THAT different between genders, though, so you should base it off of which base appearance you prefer.

I've experienced the Paladin class before the revamp, when it was first released. I was a non-DA holder at that time. It was absolutely horrible as a non-DA user. And that was the class that got me thinking of getting a DA, and I did. The skills looked amazing. Well, using it now, I never thought it would be something like this. It's a tank of a class, that just mitigates damage over and over, while battering the enemy with an assault of holy might. When it comes down right to the meat of it, the Paladin class can be described in one word; resilience.

Ah, gotcha. Yeah I agree that paladin is pretty great for tanking fights, though I personally prefer necromancer and pyromancer as my go-to tanks. I may need to try the class again though, as I haven't really used it much.

I just discovered the absolute joy that is the Shadow Hunter class. For a tier 2 class, it's surprisingly strong, as well as the fact it's super fun to play as, with combos and figuring out what works with what. The only thing it lacks is a mana recovery combo, but I suppose every class has to have a weakness.

May not be as strong as, say, the Atealan classes, but by god this is perhaps my favorite class in terms of gameplay. The combos are so fun, it's unreal!

Yeah, ShadowHunter is pretty dope. It's just that against regular mooks, it kinda takes too long for the combos to kick in. Like, what's the point of my stun combo if the monster dies when it's completed. But it's great against bosses. I just have to keep the encyclopedia page open while I play it. (I can't memorize the combos)

@subon Yeah, that's an issue that is happening with flash file locations in general. As of late if you tried to open a flash file online, then it'll just download it by default for some browsers. The staff would have the change that on their end to fix it.

ascendant is more suited for situations that tend to drag on(like boss fights or farming) due to their increase in power over time, while riftwalker is better if you want to end fights quickly, due to the high amount of damage they can deal in short amounts of time

I've tried all 3 of those classes and I liked Ascendant the least. While it's a pretty great class, the animations on the attacks seem to be a bit long. Riftwalker has fast attack animations but isn't so great at defense as it focuses mostly on beating the opponent quickly. I think cryptic's got a nice balance of offense and defense and is my favorite of the three.

Yep, Cryptic is the best when it come to combat proficiency, but I kinda dislike the animation, especially the rapid attack, since it leaves a shadow of male version with the first hairstyle...

My favorite atealan class would be Riftwalker, it's got great animation and also great for farming.

Ascendants would be my second choice, it got the best combat animation out of the three in my opinion, and a pretty awesome damage output, but very poor for farming, and the kneeling animation is unique(makes it unsuitable for some cutscene).

@andlu, probably any class that can either survive anything could pull it off. it also depends on your stat build. dragonlord and pyromancer might both both be able to outlast akira, even after round 20.